On Fri, Sep 20, 2019, at 21:30, Robert Kern wrote: > Given the prevalence of Cython, it's actually really easy to use the Python > API pretty easily in "C", so it's actually a huge waste if the C API matches > the Python API too closely. The power and utility of the C API will be in how > it *differs* from the Python API. For the distribution methods, this is > largely in how it lets you sample one number at a time without bothering with > the numpy and broadcasting overhead. That's the driving motivation for having > a C API for the distributions, and the algorithms that we choose have > consequences for the C API that will best satisfy that motivation.
I'd like to clarify what exactly we mean by exposing a C API. Do we have in mind that our random number generators can be used from standalone C code, or via Cython `cimport` like with the current numpy.pxd? It sounds like we want to expose the highest level generators; do we also want to provide access to the bit streams? Best regards, Stéfan
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